Chapter 6
Back at the downtown interrogation facility, Rachel sat handcuffed to a heavy metal table inside a windowless holding room.
Her emerald green silk midi dress was slightly wrinkled, and her pearl earrings swayed as she shook her head in defiant denial.
The heavy steel door swung open, and Julian stepped into the room, his dark silhouette imposing against the harsh overhead fluorescent lights.
He pulled out a metal chair, sitting down directly across from Rachel without saying a single word for nearly a full minute.
"Why did Meridian Bio-Tech order my daughter's elimination?" Julian asked quietly, his voice cutting through the oppressive silence like a scalpel.
"I don't know what you're talking about... I'm an investor, not an assassin," Rachel spat back, trying desperately to maintain her composure.
Julian slid a single manila folder across the metal table, flipping it open to reveal signed wire transfer receipts from Zurich.
"Two million dollars wired directly from a Swiss shell company linked to your personal offshore account yesterday afternoon," Julian noted coldly.
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Rachel stared at the documents, her face draining of all color as she realized her entire financial paper trail had been exposed.
"They... they threatened to ruin me if I didn't create an opening in your family structure," Rachel whispered, tears finally spilling over her cheeks.
